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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 956
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 956 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT concerning elections, amending named Acts."; and
5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
6 following:
7 "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
8 Sections 6A-3 and 7-10 as follows:
9 (10 ILCS 5/6A-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-3)
10 Sec. 6A-3. If the county board adopts an ordinance
11 providing for the establishment of a county board of election
12 commissioners, or if a majority of the votes cast on a
13 proposition submitted in accordance with Section 6A-2 are in
14 favor of a county board of election commissioners, a county
15 board of election commissioners shall be appointed in the
16 same manner as is provided in Article 6 for boards of
17 election commissioners in cities, villages and incorporated
18 towns, except that the county board of election commissioners
19 shall be appointed by the chairman of the county board rather
20 than the circuit court. However, before any appointments are
21 made, the appointing authority shall ascertain whether the
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1 county clerk desires to be a member of the county board of
2 election commissioners. If the county clerk so desires, he
3 shall be one of the members of the county board of election
4 commissioners, and the appointing authority shall appoint
5 only 2 other members.
6 (Source: P.A. 80-648.)
7 (10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
8 Sec. 7-10. The name of no candidate for nomination, or
9 State central committeeman, or township committeeman, or
10 precinct committeeman, or ward committeeman or candidate for
11 delegate or alternate delegate to national nominating
12 conventions, shall be printed upon the primary ballot unless
13 a petition for nomination has been filed in his behalf as
14 provided in this Article in substantially the following form:
15 We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the
16 .... party and qualified primary electors of the .... party,
17 in the .... of ...., in the county of .... and State of
18 Illinois, do hereby petition that the following named person
19 or persons shall be a candidate or candidates of the ....
20 party for the nomination for (or in case of committeemen for
21 election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to
22 be voted for at the primary election to be held on (insert
23 date). the .... day of ...., ....
24 Name Office Address
25 John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill.
26 Thomas Smith Attorney General Oakland, Ill.
27 Name.................. Address.......................
28 State of Illinois)
29 ) ss.
30 County of........)
31 I, ...., do hereby certify that I am a registered voter
32 and have been a registered voter at all times I have
33 circulated this petition, that I reside at No. .... street,
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1 in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of Illinois,
2 and that the signatures on this sheet were signed in my
3 presence, and are genuine, and that to the best of my
4 knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the time
5 of signing the petitions qualified voters of the .... party,
6 and that their respective residences are correctly stated, as
7 above set forth.
8 .........................
9 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date). this
10 .... day of ...., ....
11 .........................
12 Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of
13 candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size
14 and shall contain above the space for signatures an
15 appropriate heading giving the information as to name of
16 candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
17 signed; the office, the political party represented and place
18 of residence; and the heading of each sheet shall be the
19 same.
20 Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary
21 electors residing in the political division for which the
22 nomination is sought in their own proper persons only and
23 opposite the signature of each signer, his residence address
24 shall be written or printed. The residence address required
25 to be written or printed opposite each qualified primary
26 elector's name shall include the street address or rural
27 route number of the signer, as the case may be, as well as
28 the signer's city, village or town. However the county or
29 city, village or town, and state of residence of the electors
30 may be printed on the petition forms where all of the
31 electors signing the petition reside in the same county or
32 city, village or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may
33 be used in writing the residence address, including street
34 number, if any. At the bottom of each sheet of such petition
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1 shall be added a statement signed by a registered voter of
2 the political division, who has been a registered voter at
3 all times he or she circulated the petition, for which the
4 candidate is seeking a nomination, stating the street address
5 or rural route number of the voter, as the case may be, as
6 well as the voter's city, village or town; and certifying
7 that the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed
8 in his presence; and either (1) indicating the dates on which
9 that sheet was circulated, or (2) indicating the first and
10 last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3)
11 certifying that none of the signatures on the sheet were
12 signed more than 90 days preceding the last day for the
13 filing of the petition, or more than 45 days preceding the
14 last day for filing of the petition in the case of political
15 party and independent candidates for single or multi-county
16 regional superintendents of schools in the 1994 general
17 primary election; and certifying that the signatures on the
18 sheet are genuine, and certifying that to the best of his
19 knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the time
20 of signing the petitions qualified voters of the political
21 party for which a nomination is sought. Such statement shall
22 be sworn to before some officer authorized to administer
23 oaths in this State.
24 No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days
25 preceding the last day provided in Section 7-12 for the
26 filing of such petition, or more than 45 days preceding the
27 last day for filing of the petition in the case of political
28 party and independent candidates for single or multi-county
29 regional superintendents of schools in the 1994 general
30 primary election.
31 The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
32 whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
33 signature from the petition, provided that;
34 (1) the person striking the signature shall initial
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1 the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
2 and
3 (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
4 certification listing the page number and line number of
5 each signature struck from the petition. Such
6 certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
7 Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened
8 together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and
9 fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable
10 manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.
11 The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end
12 to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All
13 petition sheets which are filed with the proper local
14 election officials, election authorities or the State Board
15 of Elections shall be the original sheets which have been
16 signed by the voters and by the circulator thereof, and not
17 photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must
18 include as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for each
19 of the candidates filing, or in whose behalf the petition is
20 filed. This statement shall set out the address of such
21 candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall
22 state that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the
23 party to which the petition relates and is qualified for the
24 office specified (in the case of a candidate for State's
25 Attorney it shall state that the candidate is at the time of
26 filing such statement a licensed attorney-at-law of this
27 State), shall state that he has filed (or will file before
28 the close of the petition filing period) a statement of
29 economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
30 Ethics Act, shall request that the candidate's name be placed
31 upon the official ballot, and shall be subscribed and sworn
32 to by such candidate before some officer authorized to take
33 acknowledgment of deeds in the State and shall be in
34 substantially the following form:
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1 Statement of Candidacy
2 Name Address Office District Party
3 John Jones 102 Main St. Governor Statewide Republican
4 Belvidere,
5 Illinois
6 State of Illinois)
7 ) ss.
8 County of .......)
9 I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at
10 .... Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county
11 of ...., State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter
12 therein and am a qualified primary voter of the .... party;
13 that I am a candidate for nomination (for election in the
14 case of committeeman and delegates and alternate delegates)
15 to the office of .... to be voted upon at the primary
16 election to be held on (insert date); the .... day of ....,
17 ....; that I am legally qualified (including being the holder
18 of any license that may be an eligibility requirement for the
19 office I seek the nomination for) to hold such office and
20 that I have filed (or I will file before the close of the
21 petition filing period) a statement of economic interests as
22 required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and I hereby
23 request that my name be printed upon the official primary
24 ballot for nomination for (or election to in the case of
25 committeemen and delegates and alternate delegates) such
26 office.
27 Signed ......................
28 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
29 who is to me personally known, on (insert date). this ....
30 day of ...., 19...
31 Signed ....................
32 (Official Character)
33 (Seal, if officer has one.)
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1 The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or
2 added to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by
3 revocation filed in writing with the State Board of
4 Elections, election authority or local election official with
5 whom the petition is required to be filed, and before the
6 filing of such petition. Whoever forges the name of a signer
7 upon any petition required by this Article is deemed guilty
8 of a forgery and on conviction thereof shall be punished
9 accordingly.
10 Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein
11 specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the
12 names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for
13 the same or different offices.
14 Such petitions for nominations shall be signed:
15 (a) If for a State office, or for delegate or
16 alternate delegate to be elected from the State at large
17 to a National nominating convention by not less than
18 5,000 nor more than 10,000 primary electors of his party.
19 (b) If for a congressional officer or for delegate
20 or alternate delegate to be elected from a congressional
21 district to a national nominating convention by at least
22 .5% of the qualified primary electors of his party in his
23 congressional district, except that for the first primary
24 following a redistricting of congressional districts such
25 petitions shall be signed by at least 600 qualified
26 primary electors of the candidate's party in his
27 congressional district.
28 (c) If for a county office (including county board
29 member and chairman of the county board where elected
30 from the county at large), by at least .5% of the
31 qualified electors of his party cast at the last
32 preceding general election in his county. However, if
33 for the nomination for county commissioner of Cook
34 County, then by at least .5% of the qualified primary
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1 electors of his or her party in his or her county in the
2 district or division in which such person is a candidate
3 for nomination; and if for county board member from a
4 county board district, then by at least .5% of the
5 qualified primary electors of his party in the county
6 board district. In the case of an election for county
7 board member to be elected from a district, for the first
8 primary following a redistricting of county board
9 districts or the initial establishment of county board
10 districts, then by at least .5% of the qualified electors
11 of his party in the entire county at the last preceding
12 general election, divided by the number of county board
13 districts, but in any event not less than 25 qualified
14 primary electors of his party in the district.
15 (d) If for a municipal or township office by at
16 least .5% of the qualified primary electors of his party
17 in the municipality or township; if for alderman, by at
18 least .5% of the voters of his party of his ward. In the
19 case of an election for alderman or trustee of a
20 municipality to be elected from a ward or district, for
21 the first primary following a redistricting or the
22 initial establishment of wards or districts, then by .5%
23 of the total number of votes cast for the candidate of
24 such political party who received the highest number of
25 votes in the entire municipality at the last regular
26 election at which an officer was regularly scheduled to
27 be elected from the entire municipality, divided by the
28 number of wards or districts, but in any event not less
29 than 25 qualified primary electors of his party in the
30 ward or district.
31 (e) If for State central committeeman, by at least
32 100 of the primary electors of his or her party of his or
33 her congressional district.
34 (f) If for a candidate for trustee of a sanitary
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1 district in which trustees are not elected from wards, by
2 at least .5% of the primary electors of his party, from
3 such sanitary district.
4 (g) If for a candidate for trustee of a sanitary
5 district in which the trustees are elected from wards, by
6 at least .5% of the primary electors of his party in his
7 ward of such sanitary district, except that for the first
8 primary following a reapportionment of the district such
9 petitions shall be signed by at least 150 qualified
10 primary electors of the candidate's ward of such sanitary
11 district.
12 (h) The number of signatures required for a
13 candidate for judicial office in a district, circuit, or
14 subcircuit shall be 0.25% of the number of votes cast for
15 the judicial candidate of his or her political party who
16 received the highest number of votes at the last regular
17 general election at which a judicial officer from the
18 same district, circuit, or subcircuit was regularly
19 scheduled to be elected, but in no event shall be less
20 than 500 signatures If for a candidate for judicial
21 office, by at least 500 qualified primary electors of his
22 or her judicial district, circuit, or subcircuit, as the
23 case may be.
24 (i) If for a candidate for precinct committeeman,
25 by at least 10 primary electors of his or her party of
26 his or her precinct; if for a candidate for ward
27 committeeman, by not less than 10% nor more than 16% (or
28 50 more than the minimum, whichever is greater) of the
29 primary electors of his party of his ward; if for a
30 candidate for township committeeman, by not less than 5%
31 nor more than 8% (or 50 more than the minimum, whichever
32 is greater) of the primary electors of his party in his
33 township or part of a township as the case may be.
34 (j) If for a candidate for State's Attorney or
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1 Regional Superintendent of Schools to serve 2 or more
2 counties, by at least .5% of the primary electors of his
3 party in the territory comprising such counties.
4 (k) If for any other office by at least .5% of the
5 total number of registered voters of the political
6 subdivision, district or division for which the
7 nomination is made or a minimum of 25, whichever is
8 greater.
9 For the purposes of this Section the number of primary
10 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast,
11 in the applicable district, for the candidate for such
12 political party who received the highest number of votes,
13 state-wide, at the last general election in the State at
14 which electors for President of the United States were
15 elected. For political subdivisions, the number of primary
16 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast
17 for the candidate for such political party who received the
18 highest number of votes in such political subdivision at the
19 last regular election at which an officer was regularly
20 scheduled to be elected from that subdivision. For wards or
21 districts of political subdivisions, the number of primary
22 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast
23 for the candidate for such political party who received the
24 highest number of votes in such ward or district at the last
25 regular election at which an officer was regularly scheduled
26 to be elected from that ward or district.
27 A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
28 petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than
29 one party.
30 (Source: P.A. 87-1052; 88-89; revised 1-26-99.)
31 Section 10. The Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941
32 is amended by changing Section 21-14 as follows:
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1 (65 ILCS 20/21-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-14)
2 Sec. 21-14. Member residency before election; member not
3 to hold other office.
4 (a) No member may be elected or appointed to the city
5 council after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
6 the 91st General Assembly unless he or she has resided in the
7 ward he or she seeks to represent at least 2 years before the
8 date of the election or appointment. In the election
9 following redistricting, a candidate for alderman may be
10 elected from any ward containing a part of the ward in which
11 he or she resided for the 2 years before the election that
12 follows the redistricting and may be reelected from the new
13 ward he or she represents if he or she resides in that ward
14 for 18 months before the reelection.
15 (b) No member of the city council shall at the same time
16 hold any other civil service office under the federal, state
17 or city government, except if such member is granted a leave
18 of absence from such civil service office, or except in the
19 National Guard, or as a notary public, and except such
20 honorary offices as go by appointment without compensation.
21 (Source: P.A. 83-1331.)
22 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23 becoming law.".